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Topic: robots

Industrial robots at work on a factory automation line (file photo).
World
Saturday, 7/11, 04:54 AM

China's robot boom is remaking its factories, and leaving workers behind

  • China is installing industrial robots faster than the rest of the world combined, automating its factories to offset a shrinking, aging workforce and defend its manufacturing dominance.
  • The productivity gains are real, but so is the cost: many older and lower-skilled workers are being displaced with few places to go.

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